That’s going to be a prick to clean up. Just one of the 20 or so trees I need to drop and cut up over the coming couple of months. The winds here have done a number on a bunch of trees.

cc @liam @jpm @Kels_316 @warkolm and other SES/RFS/CFA types.

#bushlife #stringybark

South #Australian #scientists have documented the catastrophic decline of a stand of red #stringybark in the Clare Valley, a #tree species that has survived in the region for 40,000 years but is now at risk of #extinction due to #climate change.
#EarthScience #Environmental #ClimateChange #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2023/04/es04122301.html
Severe droughts devastate eucalyptus trees that pre-date Ice Age

The scientists say that approximately 250 tons of biomass per hectare have disappeared.